Andres & Karla Garcia: June 2010

Developments:

* This month we received one new open pledge for monthly financial support. Our official pledged support remains at 45.2% of our budget, but after adding one-time donations for this month we received 69.2% of our budget which is 106.5% of our “survival mode” budget—our Lord IS faithful..!

* On May 17^th I was invited to share at a meeting of Christian Surfers of Lima, Peru. There I shared from John chapter 4 with a group of about 40 men and women that surf the waves of Miraflores.

* On May 22^nd Pastor Guillermo Novoa and his team from ORC arrived in Lima; they stayed in Miraflores. During their stay Guillermo taught in our Sunday service and we visited ORC ministries, feeding centers for poor children, in Rimac and Lurigancho which are very poor areas in the slumps of Lima.

* On June 8^th seven men, including myself, started our first Men’s Discipleship Group. We will be reading and commenting on the book “The Calvary Road” by Roy Hession for the next couple of weeks on Tuesday nights.

* On June 11^th the kids officially finished the school year—Daniel finished 1^st Grade and Sebastian finished 3^rd Grade. They will be taking a month off—they’re thrilled!

* On June 12^th the kids started Soccer. There they’ll get a much-needed physical education and social interaction.

* On June 14^th we finally got DSL installed at home. Now we’re going to be able to stay in touch, through magicJack and Skype, with our spiritual backbone in the US—our brothers and sisters in Christ!

* On June 14^th we had our first Love Visit. We visited and loved on Mr. Alberto Ojeda, an 86-year-old man that lives all by himself in a slump near Miraflores. He’s the father of a sister in Christ that attends Calvary Chapel in Downey, CA.

* After the ship carrying our household and ministry belongings made it to Lima a strike in the port kept them from unloading our container. The ship had to leave with our belongings to Chile before trying Lima one more time on their way back north. The strike is over now and we’re schedule to receive our belongings sometime toward the end of June.

* We’re wrapping up the book of Jeremiah on our Wednesday night service and praying about what book we’re going to study next.

* On June 25^th and 26^th about 10 women from our congregation will be attending the 5^th International Women’s Conference at Gracia Calvary Chapel. On June 22^nd Karla will be translating one of the conference’s guest speakers on a Counseling Workshop for Women.

* On July 4^th I will be teaching Titus 1 on the Sunday night service at Calvary Chapel Lima covering John Bonner in his temporary absence.

Prayer Needs:

* For a fresh and empowering view of God and for His will to be done in our lives.

* For the salvation of Alberto Ojeda, Ernesto Alegre, and Juliana, the waitress that serves us often at the café next to the church. Juliana already went to our church once.

* For revival in the hearts of everyone in our Men’s Discipleship Group.

* For our marriage, our devotional lives, and for our kids to continue to grow in their desire to know God in all His splendor.

* For social activities and godly friends for our kids.

* For an indoor space for the Children’s Ministry—they’re meeting in the open area of the lobby and it’s getting too cold for it… In the past families have come to the church but had to leave because of this problem.

* For us to stay healthy.

* To find favor with the Peruvian Customs when the container arrives.

* For the forming of the missionary team that is coming to help us in August from our home church, Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale.

* That nothing in us would hinder the work that God is doing in our hearts in this season of abasement.

* For the items mentioned above in the Developments area.

* For our monthly financial support to go from 45.2% to 65% of our budget. 65% is what we need to make it in “survival mode…”